Tag: safety

Prepper Books Worth Buying

Prepper Books Worth Buying   I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …

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Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities

Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities

Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities Especially with the new prepper setting realistic priorities is a murky proposition. Natural disasters are happening in areas that have never seen them before like quakes and tornados. The economy is bad everywhere. Add the huge threat in the world today and it becomes easy to be distracted from the first …

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Could Your Protective Parental Instinct Put Your Child in Danger?

Could Your Protective Parental Instinct Put Your Child in Danger?

  Could Your Protective Parental Instinct Put Your Child in Danger? Human beings are mammals, and we tend to instinctively protect our young as do other mammals. By either aggressively attacking a threat or by fleeing the threat with our children closely in tow. Either way our parental instinct is to physically shield our child. There …

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Are People Going To LOSE IT When Times Get Really Rough?

Are People Going To LOSE IT When Times Get Really Rough?

Are People Going To LOSE IT When Times Get Really Rough? We have all seen someone ‘lose it’ in the past. Usually bogged down with stresses that have nothing to do with what finally causes them to snap. In the States these days the mere mention of politics and faces get red, voices raise and …

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Get Your Apartment Ready for Hurricane Season

Get Your Apartment Ready for Hurricane Season Especially along the coast real estate is at a premium and many of you live in an apartment. Just because you don’t own the property you live on doesn’t change the fact that this is your home. Your family’s safety isn’t any less important than that of a …

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911 Hacks, How They Can Affect You

911 Hacks, How They Can Affect You

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 911 Hacks, How They Can Affect You The Dallas 911 system was hacked in April 2017. Sounding alarms and tying up phone lines all over the city. You may think it was a pretty crappy thing to do but it doesn’t affect you. You don’t live in Dallas or …

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Know US Official Disaster Procedures Before the SHTF

Know US Official Disaster Procedures Before the SHTF

Know US Official Disaster Procedures Before the SHTF Knowing what to expect when disaster strikes gives you a survival edge. The government already has a timeline in place to deal with a disaster. You should as well. The two forces that will most effect how you will fare during and after a crisis scenario are …

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International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Search and Rescue Markings

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Search and Rescue Markings

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Search and Rescue Markings On television or in real time most of us have seen markings on buildings and walls after a disaster. If you are in the United States FEMA markings may be more familiar. See them and their meanings here >>>FEMA Search and Rescue Markings-Why You Should …

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Will You Turn Away Family? Friends? Neighbors?

Will You Turn Away Family? Friends? Neighbors?

Will You Turn Away Family? Friends? Neighbors? There are a number of preppers who think they know the answer to that question. Some say absolutely if they were foolish enough not to prepare then too bad, my responsibility is to my family already behind that door. They will turn away everyone without a second thought. …

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Are Expired EpiPens Safe for SHTF Use?

Are Expired EpiPens Safe for SHTF Use?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Are Expired EpiPens Safe for SHTF Use? Who can forget when  EpiPens rose in price to a cost that is too often too high for many people who need them? To need one and not have one is a terrifying thought. Since they do come with an expiration date …

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